Vehicle display apparatus and vehicle display control unit

A vehicle display apparatus comprising,

• a display panel that is placed at a position where a driver visually recognizes the display panel and that displays information related to a vehicle traveling status, wherein
• the display panel includes
• a third display area for displaying a third information, and
• a fourth display area for displaying a fourth information which is different from the third information, the third display area and the fourth display area being arranged adjacently,
• the third information and the fourth information are displayed by a numerical value,
• the fourth information includes a plurality of information items whose contents are different from each other,
• at least one of the plurality of information items is displayed within the fourth display area,
• the third information is represented within a first display range of the third display area,
• the fourth information is represented within a second display range of the fourth display area
• the vehicle display apparatus further comprises:
• a third display control portion for obtaining the third information, controlling the third display area to display a first numerical display image indicative of a numerical value of the third information, and controlling the third display area to display a first drawing image whose display mode changes according to the numerical value of the third information;
• a fourth display control portion for obtaining the at least one of the plurality of information items displayed within the fourth display area, controlling the fourth display area to display a second numerical display image indicative of a numerical value of the fourth information, and controlling the fourth display area to display a second drawing image whose display mode changes according to the numerical value of the fourth information;
• and
• a differentiation portion for differentiating a size of the first display range, where the first drawing image is displayed, and a size of the second display range, where the second drawing image is displayed, according to a combination of the third information and the fourth information.

A vehicle display control unit for a display panel that is placed at a position where a driver visually recognizes the display panel, and that displays information related to a vehicle traveling status, the vehicle display control unit comprising:

• means for setting a first display area on the display panel displaying a first information, which is provided by a numerical value;
• means for setting a second display area on the display displaying a second information, which is different from the first information, the second information having a display content that changes according to a display request when a vehicle travels, and the second display area being arranged to be partially overlapped with the first display area;
• a first display control portion for obtaining the first information, controlling the first display area to fixedly display the first information at a predetermined position in a predetermined size by a numerical display image indicative of the numerical value, and controlling the first display area to subsidiary display a drawing image at a position which is adjacent to the numerical display image and is an outer peripheral portion of the first display area;
• and
• a second display control portion for obtaining the second information and displaying the second information at the second display area, wherein
• the second display control portion determines whether a display range of the second display area includes an overlapped portion which overlaps with the first display area,
• the second display control portion displays the second information within the display range of the second display area, and
• the first display control portion, in a case where the display range of the second display area includes the overlapped portion, shrinks and displays the drawing image in the first display area so that the drawing image in the first display area does not overlap with the display range of the second display area which includes the overlapped portion.